RIVER OF LIFE KINGDOM MINIST. v. HAZEL CREST, ILL.

No. 08-2819.

611 F.3d 367 (2010)

RIVER OF LIFE KINGDOM MINISTRIES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. VILLAGE OF HAZEL CREST, ILLINOIS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 2, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent M. Auricchio, Attorney, Chicago, IL, David R. Langdon, Attorney (argued), Langdon Law, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

John B. Murphey, Attorney (argued), Rosenthal, Murphey, Coblentz & Donahue, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and CUDAHY, POSNER, FLAUM, MANION, KANNE, ROVNER, WOOD, WILLIAMS, SYKES, TINDER, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The court granted rehearing en banc to consider the proper standard for applying the equal-terms provision of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc. That provision states that "no government shall impose or implement a land use regulation in a manner that treats a religious assembly or institution on less than equal terms with a nonreligious assembly or institution." § 2000cc(b)(1).

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